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Niger state Police Command says it has arrested a 50-year-old suspect, Umar Samaila, said to be the spiritual leader of bandits in parts of the State, as well as Nasarawa and Abuja.
This was confirmed in a statement signed by the Command Spokesperson, Wasiu Abiodun, on Monday in Minna, the state capital.
The statement revealed that the suspect was arrested on Saturday based on a technical intelligence that bandits were planning to kidnap some worshipers in a church at Buku village in Abaji Area of the Federal Capital Territory.
It noted that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to being the spiritual leader to some notorious bandits hibernating in Niger, Abuja, and Nasarawa States, adding the suspect would be transferred to the FCT (Police) Command, Abuja for further investigation.
